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Super Mario series
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The Super Mario series (alternatively known as the Super Mario Bros. series or simply the Mario series) refers to the overall franchise comprised of a number of series based off of the Super Mario Bros. platforming games, and is Nintendo's primary flagship franchise.
The Super Mario series is typically used to refer to the platforming games, on which all other games are based, though the overall franchise also includes series and games such as Mario Kart, Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party and others. With over 200 games and 500 million copies sold between all subsets of the franchise, the Super Mario series is the best-selling video game franchise of all time, with the platforming games alone selling over 310 million units[1]
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History
The Super Mario series began with the creation of the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong, which involved Mario trying to rescue his girlfriend, Pauline, from the Template:Dkw and established the platforming aspect prevalent in much of the series. Since then, more than a hundred games starring Mario and his friends have been developed for Nintendo consoles and the series has become the best-selling video game franchise of all time, while its characters have become extremely recognizable around the world.
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- ↑ Super Mario Maker has sold 1 Million units around the world. Nintendo (September 30, 2015). Retrieved April 14, 2016.
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